Very cool & good pointers! Am I correct that you set the location on Meetup in the morning and then you meet in the afternoon? (i.e., quick & "flash mob"-y?) That sounds like a lot of fun as it wouldn't take a lot of pre-planning or worrying about expectations.
It might be worth promoting the *idea* of the flash map mob as a permanent Meetup event - you could probably make it sticky so it always shows up on the front of the page, but without a set date attached (does Meetup allow that?) That could help with awareness/excitement I think. Long-term, the "generic" meetup might even have a way to text to opt in to "flash map mob" notifications - I know I have opted into several text notification services from local organizing groups and I definitely notice those announcements more than I would notice a Meetup for day-of announcements. I'd be sad if I missed the flash map mob b/c I wasn't checking Meetup and/or email! YMMV depending on how people typically organize in Salt Lake City. Eleanor On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Martijn van Exel <m...@rtijn.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I started doing Flash Map Mobs with our Salt Lake City OSM group a couple > of months ago. They have been a lot of fun! Plus we added a good amount of > POIs in the area. Plus most importantly made new mapping friends! I wrote > up my experiences and results: > http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/mvexel/diary/36134 > > Let me know if you want to know more, and have fun! > > Martijn > _______________________________________________ > Talk-us mailing list > Talk-us@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us >
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